[Elecraft] KX3 - ATU Disabled Problem

[VaibhaV Sharma]

On Apr 7, 2014, at 11:40 PM, VaibhaV Sharma <vaibhav at vaibhavsharma.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> Just a few minutes ago, my KX3 started showing the ATU as “not inst” in the "ATU.x MD” menu.
> 
> Was tuning around on 20m using Ham Radio Deluxe rig control and the KX3 serial communication became very sluggish. I reset the serial port and restarted Ham Radio Deluxe but it was still sluggish (frequency changes from the software were taking several seconds).
> 
> I then did an EE INIT and restored KX3 configuration from backup but the ATU text does not appear on the main screen and ATU still shows “not inst”.
> 
> Opened up the KX3 and I don’t smell anything other than the nice new PCB smell. :)
> 
> Any ideas?


More info -

I went through the EE INIT process again and did not restore configuration this time.

Followed the manual to enable optional ATU and KXFL3 modules and now the radio lets me enable ATU in the menu but does not let me transmit. When I try to initiate an ATU tuning cycle or mic transmit, I see an error -

d = 000
ERR TxC

When I press the “DISP” button to clear, I get the next error -

ERR TXS

Any ideas?

Thanks,

— 
VaibhaV Sharma
W7VAI